Developing AI solutions for manufacturing and industrial environments comes with specific challenges. Companies often struggle to test technologies in real production settings, ensure reliability and safety, and integrate AI into complex industrial processes without disrupting operations.
Limited access to industrial testing facilities and production environments, difficulty in validating performance, reliability, and safety at scale, integrating AI with existing industrial systems and processes and uncertainty around standards, compliance and certification requirements are only some of the challenges that EU organisations are facing.
AI-MATTERS addresses these needs by providing large-scale testing and experimentation facilities for AI in manufacturing and robotics. It enables companies to validate their solutions in realistic industrial environments, ensuring performance, safety, and compliance before market deployment.
Browse the AI-MATTERS service catalogue
Start by reaching out to agrifoodTEF through the most suitable entry point:
- Contact the TEF directly via the AI-MATTERS contact form to express your interest and needs
- Use the CoordinaTEF Helpdesk to receive guidance and be redirected to the most relevant TEF or service
Your needs are assessed and translated into a tailored service offering through a structured process:
- Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) signature
- Redirection to the most relevant AI-MATTERS node
- Identification of the most suitable testing and validation services
- Contract definition and signature
Once the contract is in place, you actively engage in the testing and validation process:
- Deployment and testing of your solution in real or simulated industrial environments
- Execution of validation activities, including performance testing, robustness checks, and integration assessment
- Iterative feedback loops through regular technical meetings and reviews
- Continuous support to refine and optimise your solution based on test results
The final phase focuses on consolidating results and exploring next steps:
- Review and validate the final outcomes of the service
- Provide feedback on the overall service experience
- Contribute to use cases or success stories showcasing your results
- Explore opportunities for further collaboration, scaling, or market uptake
Further
opportunities
After completing your journey with a TEF, several pathways can open up.
These may include further services within the same or another TEF, redirection to EDIHs for deployment support or access to complementary EU initiatives, such as AI Factories, Data Spaces, and skills programmes.
Solution further development
- Industrial deployment
- Product / service integration
- VC round / funding
Further TEF’s services
- Re-testing iteration
- Regulatory path (e.g. CE marking)
EU AI Innovation ecosystem
- EDIHs
- AI Act Service Desk
- AI factories
- AIoD Platform
- AI Skills Academy
- AI Regulatory Sandboxes
Go-to-market
- Client piloting / procurement
Ready to start your journey with AI-MATTERS?
Explore a wide range of services designed for manufacturing and robotics, enabling you to test, validate, and scale AI solutions in real industrial environments.
